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'''Tenzin Tsetan Choklay''' is a Tibetan filmmaker.

He was born to Tibetan refugees in India, and was raised in [[Dharamshala]]<ref>[http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=33936&article=Two+films+by+Tibetan+directors+to+hit+the+biggest+Asian+film+festival Two films by Tibetan directors to hit the biggest Asian film festival], [[Phayul.com]], 4 September 2013</ref> where he was a student at [[Tibetan Children's Village]]. He then graduated at [[Punjab University, Chandigarh|Punjab University]]<ref>[http://www.empoweringvision.org/gtpn.yom.php?cp=8&&id=23 Tenzin Tsetan Choklay] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219190614/http://www.empoweringvision.org/gtpn.yom.php?cp=8&&id=23 |date=2014-02-19 }}</ref> in [[Chandigarh]], and moved to [[Bombay]] where his interest in studying film materialized and later joined the Academy of Film and Television, Delhi.<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/tibetfilms/tibetinharlem1/html/program3-2.html Beauty and the Beast : A Search for Miss Tibet]</ref>

In 2005, he was awarded a scholarship at the [[Busan International Film Festival]] to study at the Korean Academy of Film Arts, one of South Korea's premiere film schools.<ref>[http://www.tibet.ca/en/newsroom/wtn/archive/old?y=2005&m=10&p=20_2 Tibetan Showman Steals the Show in Korea]</ref>

He graduated from the Korean Academy of Film Arts ([[:ko:한국영화아카데미|한국영화아카데미]]) in 2008. Since 2009, lived and worked in Delhi, and then in New York city. He realized number of short films in [[South Korea]] and was an Associate Producer at [[White Crane Films]] in India, in particular for ''[[The Sun Behind the Clouds]]'' by [[Ritu Sarin]] and [[Tenzing Sonam]].<ref>Uma da Cunha, [http://www.filmindiaworldwide.com/2013/09/tibetan-filmmaker-from-india-features.html Tibetan Filmmaker from India features in 2013 Busan], September 2013</ref>

His documentary film ''[[Bringing Tibet Home]]'', featuring the Tibetan artist and childhood friend of him [[Tenzing Rigdol]],<ref>Margherita Stancati, [https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2012/05/25/how-to-smuggle-tibetan-soil-to-india/ How to Smuggle Tibetan Soil to India], May 25, 2012</ref> won the award of ''Jury des jeunes Européens'' at the [[Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels]] in January 2014.<ref>{{in lang|fr}} Samuel Gontier, [http://television.telerama.fr/television/fipa-2014-mon-rapport-secret-d-infiltre-chez-les-jures,107922.php Fipa 2014 : mon rapport secret d’infiltré chez les jurés], 27 January 2014</ref><ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.leparisien.fr/flash-actualite-culture/palmares-du-27e-festival-international-de-programmes-audiovisuels-25-01-2014-3527791.php Palmarès du 27e Festival international de programmes audiovisuels], [[Le Parisien]], 25 January 2014</ref><ref>[http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=34494&article=%27Bringing+Tibet+Home%27+wins+French+award&t=1&c=1 'Bringing Tibet Home' wins French award], [[Phayul.com]], 27 January 2014</ref>

In August 2014, he received the 'Emerging Director' Award at the [[Asian American International Film Festival]] in New York.<ref>Tenzin Dorjee, [http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=35154&article=Tibetan+filmmaker+wins+%27Emerging+Director%27+Award+at+Asian+American+Film+Festival Tibetan filmmaker wins 'Emerging Director' Award at Asian American Film Festival], [[Phayul.com]], 4 August 2014</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|2032567}}

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